Insignificant

And then there is the question of trust-and betrayal

Who says what, and when

Who was involved and who denied

In a nutshell, question of life.

For I walk in shadows

Live on the seedy side of the street

With no refinement, or jewelry

To hide my nude self

While on the highway

Flashy cars carry proud owners

And envy, with its disfigured face

Creeps into innards; to gnaw at my roots

No respite, no rescue at hand

In the pouring rain I stand

Drenched, shelters razed

Shores afar, skies out of reach

I walk on, a faceless face in peak hour crowds

One single note in a melody

A lone raindrop vying for attention

In a downpour 

Beyond Darkness

Oh twinkling stars that shine afar

What use your heat, your light?

They do not ignite our earth bound lives;

Cold your comforts, shorn of life.

Darkness of nights surrounds you

to fill our souls with misery untold;

Then, as days unfold,we move

beyond that grimness

to a land of gold, within our hearts,

From there no light departs in fear

nor surrenders to an unknown dark,

ever smiling, our stars shine.

To Aloneness

Ever since that fateful day when you
went back on your promise,
Ever since I heard you say you'd return
to your former world,
Ever since you broke my heart
into a thousand shreds of glass,
Ever since you walked by me
without a glance as you passed,
My life has lost its colours and shades
and i dwell in a house that was never made.:
and in that house I live with ghosts
of a past that was mine, almost;
With them I laugh, with them i cry,
but away they flit whene'er I try
to hold them close, when I propose
they come alive, to fill my life.
Alas! My living days are done
a twilight ere death my life has stung
And in this eve i seek your leave
to sink with mu sinking sun.

Window Shopping

I go window shopping every day
an array of goods
tantalizingly displayed
catch my eyes-
this I covet, that yearn for
but in a trice turn away:
"Not for me", I tell my self
"They are but baubles",
a wounded vanity sneers
while heart cries
bitter tears in dismay.
My treasure chest,
hidden in a chamber,
I ignore; dragging it out
to take a peek is such a bore
one day I'll take the trouble,
not today; and my window shopping
eats up time as engrossed I stand,
like the lilt of a tune it runs in mind
a scratched CD stuck in a groove
neither forward, nor rewind.

Revelation

I am an Eagle on a mountain top
majestic in my loneliness;
I am a Sun that shines aloft
beyond world's pettiness;
I am the Stars, I am the Moon,
I am a thousand flowers in bloom,
I am Sunrise, I am Sunset,
I am a desire that will not rest;
I am  raindrop shed from the sky
A breeze that whispers as it passes by;
You poor Souls that know me not
think you have a better lot,
My path I forge, my dreams I live,
ne'er bow in fear to Nature's blitz;
Not vanquished, though I stand alone,
In my heart I build my throne.

Let me

Let me but love you for a day-
When evening comes
I'll fly away.

Let me but hold your hands in mine-
Feel their warmth
and then un-twine.

Let me but speak my love for you-
My whispers will say
 what you knew.

Let me but care from afar-
Look on with grief
as you pass to stars.

Let me but be a thought-
In your mind live
and die o'er wrought.

Let me be vapor in sunshine-
Unseen my heart
and leave no trail behind.

Delve Deep

Delve deep in your heart, 

Delve deep, my love,

Lest your dreams recede

Like waves;

Were they true for a day,

Just for a day,

And then they fade away?

Far in the sky

So far in the sky

Those twinkling stars shine

Bright those lights

So bright their light

A heavenly display;

Delve deep in your heart

Delve deep, my love,

lest your pearls go astray.